No festive celebrations at govt offices during work hours

August 27, 2016 00:19

As the 'Onam' festival is around the corner, the CPI-M-led LDF government in Kerala today asked its employees to ensure that celebrations were not held at offices during work hours as it was "not appropriate".

The festival will be celebrated in the second week of September.

Making the government's stand clear, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a Facebook post that 'Onam' (harvest) festivities are normally held at all the offices in the state.

"It is not appropriate and proper that such festivities, including laying of 'pookalams' (floral carpets), are held at offices during office hours," he wrote.

The chief minister suggested that the celebrations could instead be held on holidays or after the office hours.

"Not only Onam, for that matter, any festival celebrations should be held without affecting the functioning of office work. In this matter, government would ensure its intervention," he wrote on the social networking website.

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